What's new in 2016? NHLBI SBIR Upcoming Events and Funding Deadlines

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Office of Translational Alliances and Coordination

Meet with NHLBI Next Week at Biotech Showcase

January 11 -13 Biotech Showcase 2016 - San Francisco, CA

Look for NHLBI in the partnering software or send an email to jennifer.shieh@nih.gov 


Learn from the Experts: NHLBI Small Biz Hangout

Reimbursement Basics

January 12, 2016, 2-3 pm EST

REGISTER: HERE

When developing a new drug or technology, innovators are generally focused on achieving regulatory approval. But often they don’t spend enough time considering how the product will be paid for once it is approved.  This NHLBI Small Biz Hangout will focus on basic components of reimbursement that every innovator needs to understand—coverage, coding, and payment. Attendees will hear guidance on how to implement an effective reimbursement strategy while their product is still in development.

Learn about getting paid for your newly approved or cleared technology.  Topics to be discussed include:

  •  An overview of the different mechanisms for receiving payment for your new biomedical technology.
  • Determining the coverage category for your product.
  • How to apply for reimbursement codes - and how long does it take to get them?
  • What type of data is needed to support coverage and how to position your product for reimbursement while it is still in development?

Presenters:

Jennifer Fillman, MBA

General Manager, Sonexus Health

Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions

Jan Nielsen, MPA

Division President, Access and Patient Support, Sonexus Health

Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions

Moderator:

Chris Sasiela, Ph.D.

Regulatory Specialist

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

To view previous NHLBI Small Biz Hangouts, visit our YouTube playlist.


NHLBI Science Moving towArds Research Translation and Therapy (SMARTT) program

We are pleased to inform you that the NHLBI Science Moving towArds Research Translation and Therapy (SMARTT) program has been extended for a 3-year period and is planning to resume operations in February, 2016.

The mission of SMARTT is to accelerate translation of research from demonstration of efficacy in vivo to submission of an investigational new drug application (IND) to the FDA. To accomplish this, SMARTT has engaged highly qualified contractors to provide regulatory affairs support, manufacturing, and pharmacology/toxicology services to qualified projects.

Investigators who may be considering submission of an application for SMARTT services are advised that new requests will be accepted only until February 15, 2016.  Requests received after that date will not be evaluated until a future application review cycle, most likely in the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Please visit the SMARTT website and select the Critical Information and Application Guidance link to learn more about the program.  Select the “Submit SMARTT Application” link on the home page to initiate a new request for services.

For more information, please contact Ms. Sudie Rowshan, SMARTT Coordinating Center Project Director at srowshan@rti.org (919-541-8722).  


Upcoming Funding Deadlines

February 20 – Stem Cell-Derived Blood Products for Therapeutic Use: Technology Improvement RFA-HL-15-030

April 5 - New Technologies for Viral Hepatitis SBIR: PA-15-077

April 5 - Safe and Effective Instruments and Devices for Use in Neonatal and Pediatric Care Settings: PAR-13-090

April 5 - Development of Highly Innovative Tools and Technology for Analysis of Single Cells: PA-13-140

April 14 - Bioreactors for Reparative Medicine: RFA-HL-15-004 and RFA-HL-15-008 

April 14 - Bioreactors for Reparative Medicine - SBIR Direct Phase II: RFA-HL-15-017